Airport-like security follows Obama roadshow

Amy Hsuan, The OregonianThe bomb squad at the entrance to the Oregon National Guard armory in Salem.

Amy Hsuan, The OregonianLights, camera, action!

Most times, contrary to popular belief, flashing a press badge doesn't get you any closer to getting in to an event. In fact, often you just get shoved aside along with the horde of other media trying to get a piece of the action.

In today's case, though, it certainly got me past the line of hundreds of people waiting outside the Oregon National Guard armory at 11:30 a.m.

But it did nothing to get me out of Barack's tight-security detail, complete with metal detectors, rubber-glove-wearing TSA officers, and yes, even bomb-sniffing dogs (which sniffed my belt, by the way).